Dan Irwin, who's lived on Judson Street for 39 years, says he had never seen a ray until just a few weeks ago, shortly after a a pile of debris emerged on a strip of city land near a homeless encampment.
A rat infestation is plaguing residents in a south Etobicoke neighbourhood. And they're blaming an impromptu garbage dump set up by residents of a nearby homeless encampment in Mimico’s Coronation Park for their new furry neighbours — though a pest control expert and their local councillor say a nearby excavation site is likely contributing to the problem.
Coun. Amber Morley, who represents the neighbourhood, confirmed a person is living in the lean-to and, in accordance with city policy, he and the others in the encampment will not be forced to move. Part of a homeless encampment that's developed at Mimico Coronation Park since the spring. Residents say the camp developed in the park about the same time as their rat problem, though a pest control experts say it could be the result of construction.
She pointed to demolition work at a construction site just east of the neighbourhood, which could be adding to the problem as excavation often displaces rat populations.
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